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Educational Administration at Murray State University

If you plan to study educational administration, take a look at what Murray State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Murray State is located in Murray, Kentucky and approximately 9,449 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Educational Administration section at the bottom of this page.

Murray State Educational Administration Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Education Admin
  • Doctorate Degree in Education Admin

Online Classes Are Available at Murray State

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Murray State offers distance education options for education admin at the following degree levels:

  • Master’s Degree

Murray State Educational Administration Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

There were 18 students who received their doctoral degrees in education admin, making the school the #124 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Education Admin Student Demographics at Murray State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the education admin majors at Murray State University.

Murray State Educational Administration Master’s Program

63% Women
15% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 52 students graduated with a master's degree in education admin from Murray State. About 37% were men and 63% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 29% men graduate in education admin each year. Murray State does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 7% more men than average.

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Of the students who received a education admin master's degree from Murray State, 85% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Murray State University with a master's in education admin.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 44
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Concentrations Within Educational Administration

If you plan to be a education admin major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Murray State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Educational Administration & Supervision 46
General Educational Leadership & Administration 18
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration 7

Careers That Education Admin Grads May Go Into

A degree in education admin can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for KY, the home state for Murray State University.

Occupation Jobs in KY Average Salary in KY
Elementary and Secondary School Education Administrators 4,290 $87,420
Postsecondary Education Administrators 2,160 $86,620
Education Administrators 620 $82,070
Preschool Education Administrators 440 $42,370

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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